1993 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1993 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Biloxi, MS
Champions Western Kentucky (1st title)
Winning coach Ralph Willard (1st title)
MVP Darnell Mee (Western Kentucky)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1992  1994»

The 1993 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–9 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.[1]

Western Kentucky defeated top-seeded New Orleans in the championship game, 72–63, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Tournament. Fellow Sun Belt member New Orleans joined them in the tournament, earning an at-large bid.

Format

Central Florida departed for the TAAC after a one-year stay in the Sun Belt, leaving the conference with only ten teams.

As such, the tournament again saw some changes. Firstly, the tournament field decreased from eleven to nine teams (UTPA, the last-placed team in the Sun Belt standings, did not participate). With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top seven teams were all placed into the quarterfinal round while the two lowest-seeded teams (besides last-placed UTPA) were placed into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

  First Round
Saturday, March 6		 Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 7		 Semifinals
Monday, March 8		 Championship
Tuesday, March 9
                                     
        
  1  New Orleans 63  
    9  Louisiana Tech 52  
9  Louisiana Tech 63
8  Jacksonville 62  
  1  New Orleans 73  
  4  Arkansas State 59  
        
        
  5  Arkansas–Little Rock 60
    4  Arkansas State 74  
      
        
  1  New Orleans 63
  2  Western Kentucky 72
        
        
  3  SW Louisiana 78
    6  South Alabama 87  
      
        
  6  South Alabama 73
  2  Western Kentucky 83  
        
        
  7  Lamar 68
    2  Western Kentucky 78  
      

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1992–93 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
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